Browsing UNEP Knowledge Repository by Subject "TECHNOLOGY"
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176% Rise in Metal Prices, 260% Rise in Energy Prices Marks Era of Soaring Costs as Resources Decline
(2014)New resource productivity opportunities can save world up to US$3.7 trillion annually and protect future economic growth – study by International Resource Panel -
Adoption of a Sustainable Green Technology Approach in Shoe Sole Production in Guanajuato, Mexico
(2014)The manufacture of shoes is an important industry in Mexico—particularly in the Guanajuato region which produces each year around 244 million pairs of shoes in over 7,000 enterprises that employ 135,000 people directly ... -
Assessing Low-Carbon Livestock Technologies in Costa Rica: Business Case Analysis of Low-Carbon Livestock Production - Executive Summary
(2020)This summary presents the results of an analysis undertaken to model and assess the viability of sustainable practices for the livestock sector outlined in Costa Rica´s Low Carbon Livestock Strategy and NAMA. -
Avancer grâce aux technologies pour l’eco-innovation - Résumé
(2017)Executive summary of the report 'Moving Ahead with Technology for Eco-innovation': As part of the Eco-innovation project, this report aims to inform about technological aspects of eco-innovation emphasizing the role of ... -
Blockchain Technology and Environmental Sustainability - Foresight Brief No. 19 October 2020
(2020)This Foresight Brief explores how blockchain technology could contribute to enhancing environmental sustainability management. The brief builds upon environmental use cases to review the technology’s key features, including ... -
CCTN Progress Report 2019: Connecting Countries to the Climate Technologies They Need.
(2019)Demand for the services of the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) reached a record high in 2019. The CTCN reported that requests for technology assistance submitted by developing countries increased 240% over the ... -
Climate Change, Clean Technology and Green Growth Opportunities in Africa - Note by the Secretariat
(2010)Climate change, as the United Nations Secretary-General has said, is “the defining challenge of our generation”. Its potential consequences for economic and social well-being are so profound that many have preferred to ... -
Decisions adopted by the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment at its Tenth Session
(2004)Decisions adopted by the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment at its tenth session -
Decoupling 2: Technologies, Opportunities and Policy options
(2014)This report was produced by the Decoupling Working Group of the International Resource Panel. It explores technological possibilities and opportunities for both developing and developed countries to accelerate decoupling ... -
Decoupling 2: Technologies, Opportunities and Policy Options - Summary for Policy Makers
(2014)The report highlights existing technological possibilities, for developing and developed countries, and their economic advantages. It shows that there is growing evidence that decoupling will be one of the next big ... -
Deep-sea Sponge Grounds: Reservoirs of Biodiversity
(UNEP, 2010)This report draws together scientific understanding of deep-water sponge grounds alongside the threats they face and ways in which they can be conserved. Beginning with a summary of research approaches, sponge biology and ... -
Desertification Control Bulletin: A Bulletin of World Events in the Control of Desertification Restoration of Degraded Lands and Reforestation Number 25
(1994)Desertification Control Bulletin is an international bulletin published at six-monthly intervals by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to disseminate information and knowledge on desertification problems and ... -
Development and Harmonization of Environmental Laws Volume 2 : Report on the Development and Harmonization of Environmental Standards in East Africa
(1999)Environmental law is an essential tool for the governance and management of the environment and natural resources. It is the foundation of national and regional policies and actions to ensure that the use of natural resources ... -
A Directory of Environmentally Sound Technologies for the Integrated Management of Solid, Liquid and Hazardous Waste for SIDS in the Caribbean Region
(2004)This directory focuses on sound environmentally sound technologies for waste management plus those currently successfully being used in Small Island Developing States within the Caribbean region. In addressing each broad ... -
Environmental Innovative Solutions
(2017-09-18)The attainment of Agendas 2030 and 2063 requires reorientation of development policies to focus on key sources of economic growth, associated with the use of innovative scientific and technological knowledge and related ... -
Environmentally-Sound Energy Options for Africa: Final Statement of the African Energy Experts Meeting
(1992-06)The objective of the Experts Meeting was to develop environmentally-sound energy options for Africa that are in line with the broad tenets of ecologically-sustainable development as outlined in the United Nations Agenda ... -
An Exploration of Options and Functions of Climate Technology Centres and Networks - Discussion Paper
(2010)This paper responds to a request to UNEP from the UNFCCC Expert Group on Technology Transfer to examine operational modalities for climate technology centres and networks. The paper first dis- cusses possible dimensions ... -
Flexible and Rigid Foams: Sourcebook of Technologies for Protecting the Ozone Layer - September 1996 Update
(1996)As the polymer foam manufacturing industry world-wide is a small and relatively well -defined group of companies, it is highly unlikely that manufacturers have failed to learn something of the need for the phase-out of the ... -
GEMS/Water Report of the RAISON/GEMS Software Expert Review Meeting - GEMS Reports Series No. 14
(1992)RAISON/GEMS is a PC-based software package, developed by Environment Canada, for the UNEP/WHO/WMO[UNESCO GEMS/Water quality monitoring programme, to support national and international water quality data handling and analysis ... -
Global Seminar for Women Leaders on the Uptake of Renewable Energy Technology
(2001)Over the last five years the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Murdoch University, Perth have joined hands in promoting environmentally sound technologies, particularly among prospective users in developing ...